'The world has left Gaza to be massacred': Death toll mounts as Israel targets north
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00:00Having to let go, but not wanting to.
00:06A final farewell so painful for this little boy
00:09that there are only cries of despair and suffering.
00:14Cradling the deceased body of a child
00:17before preparing him for burial.
00:20Hossam Al-Khalidi was just 11 months old.
00:23A baby born into war, he was killed in an Israeli strike on his home.
00:27He would never see his first birthday.
00:30For his uncle, the world has turned a blind eye
00:32to the mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza by Israeli forces.
00:37The unjust world has left Gaza to be massacred and destroyed.
00:42The Arab and Islamic world are just watching with no action.
00:45What have they done for Gaza?
00:47Only a prayer?
00:48A prayer does not repel injustice.
00:51There has to be action.
00:54As these mourners lay to rest their loved ones in Deir al-Bala,
00:57the death toll in Gaza continues to rise.
01:00Its health ministry says over 42,000 people have been killed
01:04in the just over year-long conflict.
01:07Even if it does not differentiate between civilians and Hamas fighters,
01:11the ministry said that more than half of the dead were women and children.
01:15While fighting now in Lebanon as well,
01:17Israel has stepped up its military operations in Gaza.
01:21In addition to large-scale airstrikes on Jabalia,
01:23it has blocked all roads from the refugee camp except for the main highway.
01:28Three hospitals further north have become virtually inaccessible
01:31because of the fighting.
01:33No humanitarian aid has reached these Palestinians since October 1st,
01:38according to the United Nations.